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2004-01-27 Britain

âMuslim girls in UK forcibly wedded in teensâ

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Posted by TS 2004-01-27 1:19:20 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Some parents reportedly sent their daughters to Pakistan at a young age to âprotectâ them from the corrupting influences of Western culture.

By Allah, that'll learn em!

Posted by Lil Dhimmi(JC) 2004-1-27 1:27:45 PM|| 2004-1-27 1:27:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 My daughter knew an American girl of Pakistani descent who was in this situation. The girl ran away from home, was caught, ran away again and again several times. We later learned that her brother was beaten when he didn't learn his Koran lessons. I thought it was just a strange family but now, I think they may have been typical of Pakistani American families.

Posted by mhw 2004-1-27 1:39:29 PM|| 2004-1-27 1:39:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 In London, Home Office officials say they are trying to raise awareness about forced marriages with better use of existing laws to stop the practice. "We are determined to put an end to it," one official said.

Treat it like the slavery it is; I bet Britain still has some nasty laws to deal with slavers.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-27 1:40:19 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-27 1:40:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Neat scam. It keeps the girls down, and at the same time buys the marrying family a fast track to UK citizenship...

I'd suggest that a powerful disincentive to this practice would be to flatly deny citizenship to people marrying UK teens in this set-up. It removes the money incentive and places the burden on the UK family, if they *really* want to blow their cash sending their female children half way around the world to spend formative years.

Vic

Posted by Vic 2004-1-27 2:09:13 PM|| 2004-1-27 2:09:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I had trouble linking to the original article so I don't know how the original headline read.
But try this: UK: Teen Girls Kidnapped to be Sold Abroard
It is not a scandal; it's crime. Parents with complicity in this activity should, at the very least, be immediately deported .

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-27 2:34:41 PM|| 2004-1-27 2:34:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Any guesses on how much this is practiced in the United States?

And of course once the husband is here he then can sponser his family. I've seen this happen.

If they are so afraid of 'the evil influence of western culture' then they should move back to where they come from.

I agree that parents who do this (particulary against their children's will) be deported. But then what kid would go to the authorities knowing that, if they report it they and their whole family will be deported and they will be forced to marry anyway?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-1-27 3:53:14 PM|| 2004-1-27 3:53:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The girl ran away from home, was caught, ran away again and again several times. We later learned that her brother was beaten when he didn't learn his Koran lessons.

And what became of this? Where's those Family Services people when ya need 'em?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-27 4:55:50 PM|| 2004-1-27 4:55:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 CrazyFool -- the solution is to deport the family and give the kids asylum in the US. Yes, it's "breaking up families", but it's also a strike against barbarism.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-27 6:44:00 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-1-27 6:44:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Sounds like a cultural thing, and who are we to profile these activities?

sarcasm

Posted by john 2004-1-27 7:47:01 PM|| 2004-1-27 7:47:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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